20 YEARS AGO
APRIL 10, 2000
With three full weeks of practice under their belts, the players on the first Cook County High School baseball team are swiftly approaching their first game. Other than the weather, Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson couldn’t be more pleased. “It’s been going pretty well,” Jorgenson said of the practice sessions. “I think we thought perhaps we might have a few more opportunities to be outside, so we feel a little frustrated with that. But, we are going to sneak in some outdoor time whenever it doesn’t snow.”
30 YEARS AGO
APRIL 9, 1990
Leonard Sobanja with Wes and Thelma Hedstrom managed a maple sugar bush together over many years on Maple Hill. On this day, the three sip coffee, keep the fire fed and exchange memories of earlier days at the little syrup camp. For every gallon of maple syrup, you need between 30 to 50 gallons of the maple sap. For twenty years, Leonard has been making enough maple syrup for family and friends.
60 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 1960
Notice: The census taker will be around to your home to collect the census form which you have filled out. If not at home for any length of time, please tack the form to your front door so she can pick it up.
The local American Legion Post is presenting two TV sets to the hospital today, and the Hospital Auxiliary is purchasing the antenna. Leads have been installed in each room, so that the sets can be used by any of the patients in any room. They are 17-inch rubber mounted portable sets.
90 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 16, 1930
From the Washington Court House in Ohio: Self preservation is the first law of nature and it was demonstrated by a hog that had been left in a lot near a slaughter house. The hog was surrounded by the rising water of Paint Creek when no one was around to release the animal from the pen. The hog gathered all of the weeds and brush in the pen and created a pile, then took refuge on top of the pile, escaping the flood waters.
100 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 1920
There was a small fire Monday evening at Jas. H. Pinkerton’s house. The fire started in the shed on the rear part of the house and was extinguished before any damage was done to the house proper. Fortunately the well was close by and a few well-directed pails of water was all that was needed to put out the blaze.
Establishment of a Coast Guard station in Cook County, presumably at Grand Marais, may soon be a reality as the result of the efforts of Congressman W.L. Carss. Mr. Carss attended a hearing in Washington and made plain the situation that exists along the north shore of Lake Superior and emphasized the need for a life-saving station at Grand Marais. Currently, the nearest station is at Portage, Michigan, 90 miles away.
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